LONDON – Prosecutors have charged 10 men with sexual offenses against girls as young as 13 in a case that has stirred racial tensions in northwestern England. The Crown Prosecution Service said in a statement Monday that the offenses include rape and sexual activity with a child. They are alleged …

CAIRO – Egypt’s highest appeals court has upheld the sentencing of two police officers to 10 years in prison each for the 2010 killing of a political activist in the port city of Alexandria. Wednesday’s ruling cannot be appealed. The officers were convicted in a retrial last year in a …

JOHANNESBURG – The South African president’s spokesman says three of the president’s children and their cousin have been in a car accident. Spokesman Mac Maharaj said Friday that President Jacob Zuma’s children were all in a stable condition and were being treated for various injuries at a hospital in the …

BERLIN – Credit Suisse says its chief executive Brady W. Dougan is to leave the bank after eight years. The American will be replaced in June by Tidjane Thiam, the head of British insurer Prudential. The Swiss bank’s chairman, Urs Rohner, said in a statement Tuesday that Dougan had kept …

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina – Authorities in Bosnia say a van transporting radioactive material has been involved in a crash, but there is no danger of radiation leakage as the substance remained sealed in its container. The van overturned on a motorway near the northeastern town of Maglaj on Friday after colliding …

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina – European Union foreign ministers have unblocked Bosnia’s stalled membership bid by agreeing to implement a pre-accession agreement with the troubled Balkan nation seven years after it had been reached. Monday’s decision comes less than a month after Bosnia’s parliament adopted an EU-required economic and social reform plan …

KINSHASA, Congo – Congo will expel the African activists arrested over the weekend following a U.S.-sponsored event to encourage greater participation in politics. The activists — from Senegal and Burkina Faso — are members of movements that have led large-scale protests in their countries in recent years against presidents attempting …

TRIPOLI, Libya – Security officials from both sides of the Libyan conflict say army troops are battling militias west of the capital, Tripoli. Meanwhile, the Libyan army says it’s carrying out airstrikes on multiple targets. Libyan army spokesman Ahmed al-Mesmari says airstrikes Saturday targeted Matiga base — Tripoli’s only functioning …

CAIRO – Egypt’s forensics authority on Tuesday dismissed a doctor who said last weekend that a female protester killed by police in January died because she did not have enough body fat to protect against shotgun pellets. Authority head Mahmoud Ahmed Ali also said in his statement that all doctors …

NEW YORK – If you want to be en vogue this summer, take a cue from 1950s TV moms June Cleaver and Lucy Ricardo. The ’50s housewife look is back this season — dresses with full skirts that fall below the knee, form-fitting jackets and dainty, feminine high heels.Marc Jacobs‘ …